Thanks. I was hoping to find the primary source.
Best,
Dean
On Sunday, December 26, 2021, 10:39:34 AM GMT+5:30, Alex Watson via
INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
On Saturday, December 25, 2021, 10:57:41 PM GMT+5:30, Arash Zeini via INDOLOGY
<indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
Hello Dean,What's reference for the text you quote, or is that what you are
asking?
On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 3:39 AM Dean Michael Anderson via INDOLOGY
<indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
Yes, I was trying to find the source of that quote.
The sentence is contained in: Payam Nabarz (2005), The Mysteries of Mithras:
The Pagan Belief That Shaped the Christian World. Simon and Schuster.
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Alex WatsonProfessor of Indian PhilosophyAshoka
Universityhttps://ashokauniversity.academia.edu/AlexWatson
On Saturday, December 25, 2021, 10:57:41 PM GMT+5:30, Arash Zeini via
INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
Hello Dean,
What's reference for the text you quote, or is that what you are asking?
As you know the sources for Zarathustra's birth stories are the Middle Persian
accounts, and among those Book 7 of the Dēnkard stands out. The birth story is
complex and Ohrmazd and his helpers put many elements in motion so that
Zarathustra can be conceived. One of these, is sexual intercourse between the
parents, something the the daemons try to discourage.
Best,Arash
On Sat, 25 Dec 2021, 11:04 Dean Michael Anderson via INDOLOGY,
<indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
Sorry for once again spilling over the South Asian borders but I can't seem to
find a reliable reference for this claim:
"Zoroaster is said to have had a miraculous birth: his mother, Dughdova, was a
virgin who conceived him after being visited by a shaft of light.
Perhaps some of our Indo-Iranians might know.
Best,
Dean
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